41.   This usually occurs immediately after a sharp downturn in earnings.

42.   Thursday, senior Whitman administration officials, disputing recent reports that suggest a sharp downturn in the New Jersey economy, projected moderate growth in the coming year.

43.   Two large European advertising companies reported first-half results Monday that offered starkly different views of the sharp downturn in ad spending.

44.   Virtually every technology company in the world is hurting from the sharp downturn in technology spending and an overall economic slowdown.

45.   Analysts and businesses welcomed the move, but warned of a sharp downturn in the British economy.

46.   Analysts said it was a good result given the sharp downturn in commodity prices.

47.   Analysts said the problems besetting the company are hurting the entire paper industry, where a sharp downturn in sales often indicate a broad economic slowdown.

48.   At a conference that included visiting executives from many large Western firms, Primakov urged them to invest in Russia despite its sharp economic downturn in recent months.

49.   Bonds posted modest gains Monday as another sharp downturn by technology stocks and continuing uncertainty about the economy and the presidential election sparked more demand for safer investments.

50.   But in the past year, the unemployment rate has risen dramatically as more factories have closed amid a sharp economic downturn.